Spoon



M. GLUCK.

SPOON.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8. 1919.

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A TTORNEYS Patented Jan: 27, 1920.

moscwcx, or new Yomr, N. Y.

SPOON.

I To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS. GLUck, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Spoon, of which the following is a full,

.clear, and exact description.

It is a well-known fact that it is very unsatisfactory, in view ofsanitary conditions, 3

to use spoons in public eating places, and more particularly atsoda-water fountams, and, hence, it has been "proposed to make spoonsfor this particular use of paper, and

which can be thrown away after they have been used once. This procedurehas proven rather expensive, particularly in view of the fact thatstraws for drawing liquid from a glass into the mouth were thrown awaalso, making the combined cost of both 0 these articles ratherprohibitive.

It has further been proposed to construct spoons with hollow handles, ortube attachments, whichwould be particularly adaptable foruse inconnection with soda-water fountains, so that the fluid might be drawn uinto the mouth through the hollow hand e or attachment to the spoon.These spoons have been impractical, however, in view of the diflicultyof thoroughly cleaning spoons of this nature. p

I now propose to construct a spoon of suitable material, which shall becapable of being produced on a sufiiciently economical basis so that thecost ma not be prohibitive in use, which spoon shal be' provided with ahollow handle, and shall be made of material, such as paper so that thespoon may be thrown away after having been once used. It will be seenthat this procedure will also save the proprietor of a fountainconsiderable money, in view of the fact that no expense is invo ved withregard to cleaning spoons.

A further object of my invention is to provide a spoonof this naturewhich shal be sufficiently strong that its edge may be utilized forcutting a semi-solid substance, such as frozen cream.

A further object is the provision of a spoon of this nature which shallbe of such simple construction that the cost of'manufacture shall bealmost negligible.

Reference is to, be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings whichillustrate a specification of Letter: I'atent.

'Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial 110.288323.

' Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

practical embodiment of this invention, and in wh1ch Figure l is a frontelevational view of a blank of paper from which the finished spoon ismanufactured;

Flg. 2 is a rear elevational view of the finished article;

3 is a front view of the same F g. 4 is a side elevation of the spoon;F1g. 5 is a sectional view taken along the lines A A of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken along the lines BB of Fig. 3. In thesedrawings, reference numeral 1 indicates the blank shank of aspoon,,which includes two straight sides and one straight end. The otherend of the shank turns inwardly at right angles to the side, similarlyto its opposite end, and terminates, as indicated at 2, in a portion ofthe blank which subsequently becomes the bowl of the spoon.. In theblank this spoon portion includes merely an inverted pear-shaped part,indicated at 3.

In manufacturing, the shank 1 is rolled so that its opposite edgesoverlap, as indicated in Fig. 6, 1t being appreciated that the entireblank is primarily softened by treatment with steam or any othersuitable method. The overlapping edges may now be pasted, if desired, orotherwise suitably secured. The rolling up of the shank draws the ed esof the spoon bowl upwardly and results in the cup-shaped formation ofthe latter.

It willbe appreciated that in the construction as far as described, theconnection between the shank of the spoon and bowl'thereof would not besufiiciently rigid to properly withstand stress such as would beexercised by the edge of the bowl cutting through a semi-solidsubstance, such as frozen cream. To overcome this defect and strengthenthe whole body of the spoon, as well as the connection between the bowland shank, I pinch, while the blankis still soft, the lower face of thebowl and portion of the hollow shank, adjacent its inner end, into theform of a rib, as indicated at 4. By this construction great rigidity ofthe spoon is secured.

It will be appreciated that the spoon may be used in the conventionalmanner for serving the contents of a receptacle. Should now the userdesire to draw liquid from the receptacle'into his mouth, a slightsucking upon the end of the shank 1 will draw the liquid through saidshank and up into the mouth of the user.

It will further be appreciated that such modifications as I may desireto make in this construction may be readily made without de arting fromthe scope of this invention.

aving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A spoon, including a tubular handle comprising a single sheet ofmaterial having its longitudinal edge's overlapping and secured one tothe other, and a bowl having 15 terial shaped so as to provide a tubular20 handle, a bowl extending from one of the ends of such tubular member,and a rib provided at the point of connection of the handle with thebowl. 7

MARCUS GLUCK.

